Motif
dead hero rejects honour in the afterlife
dead_hero_rejects_honour_in_the_afterlife
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5171-5269 confidence: high
Ulysses says he came to consult Teiresias for advice about returning to Ithaca and tells Achilles that he was honoured in life and is a great prince among the dead.
Achilles rejects Ulysses's claim that he is fortunate as a prince among the dead and says he would rather be a servant above ground.
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